Pokemon: the First Movie
Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: When Ash and friends enter the ferry terminal, the inner part of a Raichu's left ear is mistakenly coloured brown instead of yellow. Also, the boy thinking about something has a yellow shirt which turns white in the next shot. Additionally, the boy across from him has a white shirt, but in the next shot, it is blue. (00:30:01)

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Other mistake: When Dragonite begins flying upward for the first time, its antennae are missing briefly. (00:26:11)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: When the copyright message appears, the sentence below reads 'The events, characters and firms depicted in this motion picutre and ficitituious', misspelling the words 'picture' and 'fictitious' and using 'and' in place of 'are'. In the same shot, Ash's hat turns completely red. (01:13:52)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: In the retyped ending credits of the English dub, one of the sections is titled "Main Title Animation - 'MewTwo Strikes Back'", but incorrectly formats Mewtwo as 'MewTwo'. Shortly after, under 'Japan Production', OLM, Inc. and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. are credited twice. (01:11:19)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Mewtwo is first seen in a tower, its right hand and the upper half of a woman's body are translucent with the screen showing through them. (00:25:56)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When first showing a closeup of Ash, a plate next to the centre of the table goes from present to absent. (00:21:19)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Mewtwo says that they stood as equals, Giovanni's right hand is five centimetres away from the nearest pole to the left of him, but in the next shot, it is one centimetre away. (00:08:20)

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Mewtwo: Behold my powers! I am the most powerful Pokémon in the world.

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Trivia: In Japan, the main character (Ash) is known as Satoshi, while his main rival (Gary) is known as Shigeru. These Japanese names were taken from two game designers :- Satoshi Tajiri (original creator of Pokemon) and Shigeru Miyamoto (one of the head game designers at Nintendo Co. Ltd) who are in reality good friends, for it was Miyamoto who pushed Tajiri's ideas to Nintendo CEOs and got the Pokemon game franchise started.

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Question: Does Missingno, the infamous "Pokemon 000" glitch in Pokemon Red/Green (Red/Blue in the states) appear in this movie?

Answer: That is not a real pokemon, so no.

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